Pampered by the Toughest Man After Divorce
Chapter 201 - 203: The Amazing Swordsman (Extra 1)_1

Chapter 201: Chapter 203: The Amazing Swordsman (Extra 1)_1

When she returned home, Nan Quanyou had already prepared dinner. Nan Feng rushed up to eat, wolfing it down voraciously.

"Fengfeng, slow down, you might choke."

Chewing her food, Nan Feng said, "Dad, I have something to do later, so I have to eat quickly."

She had clean her bowl in no time. She put down the bowl, saying, "Dad, you wash the dishes later, I will make you something delicious tomorrow. Thanks for your hard work."

"..."

It was dark outside, Nan Feng lit the lamp and continued to embroider. The outline of the lily was already done; she just needed to add color.

As she embroidered, she wondered, how would her father react when seeing this purse?

Would he like it?

No matter if he liked it or not, this was a token of her affection, he would certainly not refuse it.

...

The next day Nan Feng went to town.

As she expected, with the mountain bandits gone, people began to venture out more often, even hop on the occasional mule carriage.

It was the same cart driver from the neighboring village again, he was chatting with Nan Feng while he directed his cart, "Our village was scared to death during the mountain bandit’s attack, robbery was one thing, but we feared more them killing us and abducting our ladies. Several ladies from our village were kidnapped, we don’t know if they were violated, but one of them committed suicide by jumping into the river after being returned, the rest are never willing to go out, I guess they are going to live a hard life for the rest of their days... stuff was stolen from my house too, luckily this mule was too old for the bandits to take, otherwise we’d only have the rice we planted to rely on..."

Nan Feng was furious listening to this.

That day, when she buried the bodies, she questioned herself, was it right or wrong to lead the villagers to resist the mountain bandits?

If they did not resist and just surrendered to the bandits, maybe not many people would have died, perhaps the bandits would have just left after stealing.

But now she firmly believed what she did was right.

If they did not resist and struggle, the bandits would’ve come back, become more and more arrogant day by day. This would mess up the social order, more people would become bandits, and an increasing number of people would become victims. Like the ladies the cart driver talked about, in this conservative era, most victims would probably have to live in the shadow for the rest of their lives.

Nan Feng went to town just to wander around.

First, she bought some daily necessities, second, she bought some clothing, third, she checked out the public notices in the town.

Sometimes the town’s notices were updated in sync with the county’s, or with a maximum delay of two days. Nan Feng went to check the notice and, just as she expected, it was densely covered with updates about mountain bandits being cleared out. Those who committed murder were beheaded, and those minor offenders who were willing to reform were detained for a period and then released.

In the end, Nan Feng saw a "reward order," claiming that the reason the government was able to annihilate so many mountain bandits this time was because of the assistance of a mysterious swordsman. They hoped that an informant could provide clues to the government to find out who this mysterious person was.

As Nan Feng read the notice, many others stopped by to look. Some said, "I heard that a few people have been passing themselves off as the mysterious person to claim the reward these past few days. But they were all sent packing by the prefect, and even received thirty beatings."

"Oh? Since it’s a mysterious person, how did the prefect know they were impostors?"

"That’s not difficult at all, every time the mysterious person found a bandit den, they left a note for the government. Whatever is written on the note, once asked, everything becomes clear. After those people were beaten thirty times, the ones behind them probably wouldn’t dare to try."

"That’s true, being a world-renowned hero isn’t easy to feign. You need to have those skills. Otherwise, even if the note was right, if they asked you to show some skills, you’d be exposed immediately."

"..."